Montana Landowners Form Group to Negotiate With Pipline Company
negotiate for its members an agreement that protects landowners while still being beneficial to TransCanada as well as the people
and environment of Montana. “It is in the interest of all to work together.”
Elected NPPLG Representative Committee member Tom Rudolph urged landowners on the proposed route to join the group: “Our
ability to collectively negotiate pipeline issues will be valuable in reaching an agreement that is mutually beneficial to all involved. In
view of the fact that landowners are being asked to agree that TransCanada’s ability to use and maintain the pipeline will be
permanent and irrevocable by landowners and all their heirs and assigns forever, NPPLG hopes to incorporate contract wording
that maintains the livelihoods and estate values of current and future owners and stewards of the affected land in our region.”
Northern Plains Resource Council is a grassroots conservation and family agriculture group that has organizes Montana citizens to
protect our water quality, family farms and ranches, and unique quality of life, since 1972.
CONTACTS: Tom Reeves, NPPLG Representative Committee, Glendive (406) 377-7358
Tom Rudolph, NPPLG Representative Committee, Circle (406) 485-2787
- A group of landowners crossed by TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline have
formed the Northern Plains Pipeline Landowner’s Group of Montana (NPPLG).
Kickoff meetings for members and potential members are planned in
September. The group is working with Northern Plains Resource Council to
develop an agreement that addresses common landowner concerns
associated with the major pipeline crossing their farms and ranches.
“I wish to negotiate a pipeline agreement that protects the agricultural operation,
the environment, and value of this farm,” said Tom Reeves, an elected member
of the Representative Committee of the NPPLG. “I am especially concerned
about reaching agreements that protect landowners on the pipeline route from
possible liabilities that could arise as a consequence of pipeline use and
installation by Keystone XL.”
The NPPLG contains two “working groups,” one encompassing Valley County
and northern McCone County and another covering southern McCone and
Dawson counties and further south along the route.
The Keystone XL pipeline, being built by TransCanada, is a major crude oil
pipeline that will connect the tar sands region of Alberta to the refineries of
Texas. The pipeline will cross 283 miles of Montana land.
negotiate for its members an agreement that protects landowners while still being beneficial to TransCanada as well as the people
and environment of Montana. “It is in the interest of all to work together.”
Elected NPPLG Representative Committee member Tom Rudolph urged landowners on the proposed route to join the group: “Our
ability to collectively negotiate pipeline issues will be valuable in reaching an agreement that is mutually beneficial to all involved. In
view of the fact that landowners are being asked to agree that TransCanada’s ability to use and maintain the pipeline will be
permanent and irrevocable by landowners and all their heirs and assigns forever, NPPLG hopes to incorporate contract wording
that maintains the livelihoods and estate values of current and future owners and stewards of the affected land in our region.”
Northern Plains Resource Council is a grassroots conservation and family agriculture group that has organizes Montana citizens to
protect our water quality, family farms and ranches, and unique quality of life, since 1972.
CONTACTS: Tom Reeves, NPPLG Representative Committee, Glendive (406) 377-7358
Tom Rudolph, NPPLG Representative Committee, Circle (406) 485-2787
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